PM used my affair for personal gain: Joyce

Barnaby Joyce says the scandal sparked by his affair with Vikki Campion has been used by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for his own political gain.Barnaby Joyce has accused Malcolm Turnbull of using the scandal surrounding the former deputy prime minister's affair with a staffer for his own political gain.

Barnaby Joyce claims an affair with a former staffer that ended his 24-year marriage and destroyed his reputation as one of Australia’s most influential politicians was already well- known before he was re-elected during the New England by-election.

Barnaby Joyce claims an affair with a former staffer that ended his 24-year marriage and destroyed his reputation as one of Australia’s most influential politicians was already well-known before he was re-elected during the New England by-election.

In August, Mr Joyce revealed he was a dual NZ citizen through his father, who was born in the country, however, he did not stand down from his portfolio and continued to cast his vote in the House of Representatives.

The lawyer acting for Catherine Marriott has expressed disappointment the Nationals are yet to finalise a response to a complaint of alleged sexual harassment against former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce. Ms Marriott, who was outed in the media despite wishing to remain anonymous, lodged a complaint with the Nationals about Mr Joyce's behaviour.It was made public in February.Mr Joyce has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has also called for the inquiry to be finalised."I believe a conclusion is imminent," Mr Joyce said today. The lawyer acting for Ms Marriott, Emma Salerno, provided a statement to the ABC.

It wasn’t until the end of October that Mr Joyce, along with four other Senators, were ruled ineligible by the High Court to be in parliament, meaning they would all need to recontest their seats in a series of by-elections.

On December 2, Mr Joyce was re-elected in the by-election in New England – but his wife Natalie was nowhere to be seen when the politician cast his vote nor when he claimed victory.

Mr Joyce, who later stood down as leader of the National Party and deputy prime minister, is confident he would have won even if News Corp had broken the story of his affair and relationship with Vikki Campion prior to the by-election.

“Most people already knew. I was told by a lady that she knew all about my life, I’d never met her before, and if a complete stranger knows about your life, you’ve got a pretty good idea most people do.”

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Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has weighed in on the coalition's by-election losses last week and the direction of the party going forward.Amid lacklustre results from last weekend's by-elections and lingering uncertainty and internal dissent over energy policy, the former deputy prime minister said he could not stand the "Orwellian groupthink" in politics.

A former TODAY staffer who said she had an affair with Matt Lauer when she was a 24-year-old “I expected some blowback of course, because I knew people would paint me as homewrecker, as a slut or whore, and those things have been things I’ve been called,” she said. MORE FROM today.

News of the affair didn’t break until February when News Corp’s Daily Telegraph splashed a photo of Mr Joyce’s former staffer Ms Campion, heavily pregnant, under the headline “Bundle of Joyce”.

The story came after Mr Joyce first publicly acknowledged his marriage had failed during a speech to parliament during the same-sex marriage debate.

“I don't come to this debate pretending to be any form of a saint but I do believe the current definition of marriage has stood the test of time I acknowledge that I'm currently separated so that's on the record,” he said in December after the by-election in New England which led to his return to parliament following the dual citizenship scandal.

Mr Joyce is standing by his view that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

The embattled politician rejected the idea that campaigning against same-sex marriage on religious grounds is at odds with his own personal behaviour.

‘Some group tells us there’s a frog in the way’: Joyce slams green groups

Barnaby Joyce has taken a swing at green groups he says are standing in the way of building new dams that could reduce the impact of droughts. Appearing on the TODAY Show in his electorate near Tamworth as, ironically, rain fell, Mr Joyce slammed those who oppose water projects."If we don't actually get the major dams in place, we're going to run out of water," the former deputy prime minister said."Every time we try to get some serious infrastructure in place, that can deal with issues such as this, some group tells us there's a frog in the way, or there's a moss in the way, or there's, I don't know, a bloody quoll.

Natalie and Barnaby Joyce arrive for last year’s Mid-Winter Ball. She said news of his affair was ‘devastating’. The life and times of Barnaby Joyce – in pictures. Read more . Natalie Joyce added to the Campion, a former journalist, left Barnaby Joyce ’s office in April to work for one of his close

“The thing is, I don’t pretend to be perfect,” Mr Joyce said.

“It’s like saying when you drove above the speed limit, do you regret saying that people should drive below the speed limit? No, you say I drove above the speed limit and I shouldn’t have.

“No one walks up the aisle thinking they’re going to get divorced, because if you are going to walk up the aisle thinking you’re going to get divorced, here’s a tip, don’t walk up the aisle.

“The idea that you, therefore, say I’m going to dismiss an institution because I failed in it, that’s also ridiculous. You say I failed but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”

Mr Joyce said he regretted the way the news of his marriage breakdown and the birth of his son Sebastian, to Ms Campion, played out in the media in front of his former wife Natalie and their four daughters.

“People say if you had your time again, would you do anything different, I could ask that question of anybody, and if they said they’d do everything exactly the same, I’d say you must be a fool, of course, you’d do things differently.”

'I've hurt so many people, I just wanted to go': Barnaby Joyce reveals he felt like dying during cheating scandal as he opens up about 'wandering in Canberra' in his biography

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed he had depression and even contemplated death amid the scandal of having a baby with his former staffer.In an exclusive interview with The Sydney Morning Herald talking about the release of his new book, Mr Joyce, 51, compared his mental health to a 'crazed cattle dog.

Barnaby Joyce has avoided questioning about his relationship with a staffer Mr Joyce , 50, is expecting a child with former media advisor Vikki Campion, 33 I am deeply saddened by the news that my husband has been having an affair and is now

He also suggested the news of the pregnancy of his son was not his to reveal, but rather it was Vikki Campion’s.

Mr Joyce has now attempted to use that spotlight on his personal life to highlight a cause he says should be at the front of debate – the drought and power prices.

“If I use it as burley to get people to also read the substantial policy efforts and research that’s happened - that’s good,” he said on including details of his personal life in his book alongside policy ideas.

“If that’s what drives people, pushes their buttons, then great, but they’ll walk away with an understanding… of how people have a sense of disconnect.

“Maybe some explanation as to why 16 per cent of people in Longman at the byelections voted for a woman[ Pauline Hanson] that was on holiday in the Irish Sea.”

Glen Richards’ connections have already paid off for the business, with Hex Pegs now stocked in OzTrail stores across the country. “We’ve locked away a partnership with OzTrail for them to be our sole wholesale distributor, which is absolutely awesome. It’s opened up a lot of doors into the retail market in Australia,” he says.Sales are also on the up, says Joyce, who is hoping for an eventual overseas expansion sometime in Hex Pegs’ future.A self-diagnosed Shark Tank superfan, Joyce says he rewatched every episode to prepare for his pitch, but was still nervous as soon as he entered the tank.

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Looking ahead to the next federal election, Mr Joyce said the two key issues are the drought and power prices.

“Right in front of us now is how we deal with the drought, even in Sydney and in Melbourne people are saying how you look after these Australians determine how we think of you as a political organisation, if you let them fall over, we’ll let you fall over,” he said.

“And people keep screaming over and over again, fix up my power prices, I don’t want to hear your reasons why not, I don’t want to hear about an international agreement, I know that I am poor and I cannot afford my power price or my grandmother cannot afford her power bill.”

But that’s not enough to win the hearts of the Australian public, Mr Joyce said.

“You’ve got to show a vision – you’ve got to be brave enough to build a dam, you’ve got to get the steel out for the inland rail, you’ve got to show where the nation is going, and just not revel in the current period.”

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